[mou] Duluth RBA 7/26/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*July 26, 2007
*MNDU0707.26

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Sandhill Crane
Wood Thrush
Black-throated Blue Warbler
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 26, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 26th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS are still singing sporadically in the
hardwood forests along the north shore of Lake Superior. Mike Steffes
heard six males on the 21st at the north end of Moose Mountain in Cook
County, and one at the top of the service road in the northern part of
Tettegouche State Park in Lake County.

Jan Green found nine adult SANDHILL CRANES on the 19th in a recently
harvested field along the Toivola Road (CR 743) southeast of Toivola,
and one near the junction of the Sax Road (CR 28) and CR 7. Sandhill
Cranes have also been observed recently along the Pequaywan Lake Road
(CR 44) about 2.5 miles north of the Fox Farm Road (CR 266), as well as
in Normanna Township.

Jan and John Green found a probable TRUMPETER SWAN on the 22nd near the
northeast side of the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area in Duluth. They
also heard a WOOD THRUSH on the 24th along the Old North Shore Road (CR
290) near the Sucker River crossing.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August
2nd. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858.
Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded
message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota
Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more
information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us
at mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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